/*
 * Copyright 2012 Faculty of Informatics - Masaryk University.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package cz.muni.fi.pa165.creatures.rest.client.services;

import cz.muni.fi.pa165.creatures.dto.AbstractDTO;

/**
 * Interface which represents methods to be implemented in order to perform CRUD
 * operations upon some entity.
 *
 * @author smikloso
 */
public interface CRUDService<T extends AbstractDTO> {

    /**
     * Creates an entity.
     *
     * @param dto DTO of some entity to create
     */
    void create(T dto);

    /**
     * Reads an entity of specified id.
     *
     * @param id id of some entity to read
     */
    void getById(Long id);

    /**
     * Updates an entity.
     *
     * @param dto DTO of some entity to update.
     */
    void update(T dto);

    /**
     * Deletes an entity of specified id.
     *
     * @param id id of some entity to delete
     */
    void delete(Long id);

    /**
     * Gets all entities.
     */
    void getAll();

    /**
     * Get count of all entities.
     */
    void getCount();
}
